S ydney 2013 Foundation Annual Report Your work is really wonderful. This“ is... building the foundation of happy society His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama ” 18 June 2013 Sydney Peace Prize 1998-2013 Sydney Foundation The Sydney Peace Foundation Mackie Building K01 University of Sydney NSW 2006 Compiled and edited by Juliet Bennett T +61 2 9351 4468 and Jonathon Chan, January 2014 F +61 2 9660 0862 Photo credits: Wendell Teodoro, Juliet Bennett, Brendan Esposito, E [email protected] K’nyaw Paw, Melissa McCullough, Jonny Gloss www.sydneypeacefoundation.org.au Cover photo: Wendell Teodoro Dr Cynthia Maung receiving the 2013 Sydney Peace Prize from Clover Moore, Lord Mayor of Sydney Contents Message from the Governor of New South Wales 2 Publications, Videos, Presentations 15 Message from the Lord Mayor of Sydney 3 Youth Peace Initiative Report 18 Sydney Peace Foundation Profile 4 Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies Report 19 Executive Council and Staff 5 Sixteen Years of the Sydney Peace Prize 20 Chair’s Report 6 Strategy and Finances 22 Director’s Report 9 Income & Expenses 24 Events Report 10 Balance Sheet 25 Peace Snaps! Photos from 2013 11 2013 Donors 26 Media Report 14 Governance 27 SYDNEY PEACE FOUNDATION 1 Message from Her Excellency, Professor Marie Bashir AC CVO Sydney Peace Foundation As Governor of New South Wales and as former Chancellor of the University of Sydney, I am immensely proud of the wonderful work undertaken by The Sydney Peace Foundation. The Foundation and its many members advocate for peace with justice; educating and inspiring all of us to think more deeply about the world in which we live. Under the leadership of Emeritus Professor Stuart Rees, Chair of the Foundation, the Foundation has been a forceful and well recognized promoter of peace, honouring champions of human rights from around the world including Professor Muhammad Yunnus, Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu, Xanana Gusmao, Sir William Deane, Mary Robinson, Dr Hanan Ashrawi, Arundathi Roy, Olara Otunnu, Irene Khan, Dr Hans Blix, Patrick Dodson, John Pilger, Dr Vandana Shiva, Professor Noam Chomsky and Senator Sekai Holland. Unfortunately, commitments prohibited me from attending the 2013 awarding of the Peace Prize to Dr Cynthia Maung for her inspirational work on the Thai Burma border where she runs a hospital for Burmese refugees, migrant workers and orphans. She and her work embody the idea of peace with justice and I congratulate the Foundation for recognizing her invaluable work with some of the world’s most needy. I look forward to learning who the 2014 Peace Prize recipient will be and to being able to be part of the Foundation’s important, continuing work. Professor Marie R Bashir AC CVO SYDNEY PEACE FOUNDATION 2 Governor of New South Wales 25 February 2014 Jane Singleton By email [email protected] Dear Jane Sydney Peace Foundation I commend the Sydney Peace Foundation for its important work promoting peace and justice, including through the Sydney Peace Prize. The City of Sydney has been a proud sponsor of this prize since its inception sixteen years ago. Australia’s only international award for peace is an invaluable way of recognising outstanding contributions to peace, justice, nonviolence and to human rights. The Sydney Peace Prize reminds us that urgent action is needed to address human rights. Last year saw the death of Nelson Mandela, an inspirational leader whose example still shines brightly. His life showed the importance of peace and justice, and his death reminds us that it is not an unattainable dream, but a reality that is achievable with determination and passion. The 2013 Sydney Peace Prize recipient, the remarkable Dr Cynthia Maung, has treated countless thousands of refugees, migrant workers and orphans in her hospital in Thailand on the Burmese border. She welcomes more than a hundred thousand patients annually, and provides schooling and meals for up to a thousand children each day. Dr Maung is a practical example of peace with justice. On behalf of the City of Sydney, I congratulate the Sydney Peace Foundation on the continued success of the Sydney Peace Prize. Yours sincerely Clover Moore Lord Mayor of Sydney SYDNEY PEACE FOUNDATION O 2014/000417 SINGLETON SYDNEY PEACE PRIZE MESSAGE. 3 Peace with justice is a way of thinking and acting which promotes nonviolent solutions to everyday Peace problems and provides the foundations of a civil society. Rights Justice Sydney Peace Foundation Dignity The Sydney Peace Foundation is a University of Sydney foundation established in 1998 by the founder and former Director of the Centre Security for Peace and Conflict Studies, Emeritus Professor Stuart Rees. The purpose of the Foundation is “to foster understandings of peace with justice and the means to achieve that aim.” Freedom To achieve its goals the Foundation: Equality • Selects and awards the Sydney Peace Prize; Australia’s only in- ternational prize for peace. • Engages the mainstream and independent media in its strong Well-being advocacy strategy. • Hosts educational seminars and public forums. • Runs various peace projects, including the Youth Peace Initiative Democracy and the West Papua Project. • Develops corporate sector and community understanding of the value of peace with justice in diverse contexts and countries. • Sponsors peace initiatives, particularly the work of the Centre for Nonviolence Peace and Conflict Studies (CPACS) at the University of Sydney. • Creates jobs for young people in areas of peace research, conflict resolution and the promotion of human rights. • Awards scholarships and internships in peace, human rights and conflict resolution. SYDNEY PEACE FOUNDATION 4 From the left: Peter Manning, David Hirsch, Jane Fulton, Cynthia Maung, Victoria Sharp, Barbara Merz, Jane Singleton, Stuart Rees, Christine El-Khoury, Juliet Bennett and Brian Hirst at the 2013 Sydney Peace Prize Award Ceremony Executive Council & Staff Chair Executive Council Ms Barbara Merz Emeritus Professor Mr Pouyan Afshar Ms Linda O’Brien AM Stuart Rees AM Ms Ann Cunningham Mr Kuranda Seyit Ms Christine El-Khoury Director Ms Victoria Sharp Jane Singleton AM Associate Professor Mr Stephen Stanton Tim Fitzpatrick Staff Mr David Hirsch Advisory Panel Ms Juliet Bennett Professor Duncan Mr Alan Cameron AO Ivison (University Ms Bonnie Kelly Mr Steve Killelea AM Officer Foundation) Ms Zahra Shafigh Ms Mary Kostakidis Ms Shauna Jarrett (Provost’s nominee) Mr Hugh Mackay Interns Dr Pat O’Shane AM SYDNEY PEACE FOUNDATION Ms Lisa Fennis Mr Robert Kinnane Mr Joesph Skrzynski AO Ms Kerstin Jonzon Associate Professor Jake Lynch Dr Ken Macnab Mr Peter Manning 5 Stuart Rees welcomes guest to pre-drinks and canapés at the 2013 Sydney Peace Prize Gala Dinner Chair’s Report To quote our inimitable Executive Officer, Juliet Bennett, televised record of this event, these skilful, brave women ‘Looking back we should be amazed at what we’ve pulled – in our case from Lebanon, Morocco and the United off this year.’ That completely justifiable observation reflects Arab Emirates – have to walk on and around hot political diverse projects carried out in response to numerous and religious coals, usually kept heated by the smoldering requests to address peace with justice issues. A separate attitudes of men. chronology of events is listed elsewhere in this report. I will On a lighter note, Judy Davis, Colin Friels, Genevieve Lemon comment briefly on a few highlights. and Don Walker’s Performing for Peace at Sappho Books in August gave a full house audience the chance to recall Advocacy and Understanding the place of music, song and poetry in struggles to promote peace with justice. That event was staged to raise money for On May 2nd at the Australian Embassy in Paris, we awarded scholarships for students from the least developed countries. the Foundation’s gold medal to the widow of the celebrat- ed French diplomat, author and human rights campaigner, Our hosting His Holiness the Dalai Lama in the State Par- the late Stéphane Hessel. Given that Stéphane’s last book, liament was also fun but organized in the midst of contro- ‘Time for Outrage’ was written when he was 93 and reflects versy over initial opposition to His Holiness appearing on the goals and spirit of the Foundation, it was fitting that a a Sydney University campus. The Dalai Lama’s exchange delegation travelled to Paris to make the award to Christiane with ABC journalist Andrew West, on the topic Ethics for Hessel-Chabry. In his book, Hessel argues that the capacity a Whole World, reminded us that to promote human rights to be outraged over injustices is a means of staying in touch you always need a touch of courage to resist establish- with one’s humanity. ‘The alternative is indifference!’ ment views. The courage required in public life in Australia is nothing compared to the qualities exhibited by Tibetans In the same Hessel-like spirit, Dialogue with Arab Women, trying to preserve their country and culture in the face of conveyed the aspirations of leaders who want to treasure SYDNEY PEACE FOUNDATION Chinese oppression. 6 human rights and strive to do so. But as shown in the ABC Jane Singleton, Cynthia Maung, Stuart Rees, Lior For sixteen years it has been a rule of thumb that in prepara- school, in alliance with twelve other high schools, staged to tion for the Peace Prize events in the first week of November, welcome Cynthia Maung, her son and other colleagues from no projects should be undertaken between August and the Thai Burma border. ’Inspire to Heal’ was the apt title of November. That rule was broken this year by our hosting the festivities held to welcome Dr Maung at Cabramatta on the distinguished international jurist Professor Richard Falk in Friday November 8th. mid September. Falk spoke to a large audience in the Foot- bridge Theatre on the topic, ‘The Palestinian Struggle for Self The Resources Needed Determination and the Ordeal of Occupation.’ The culture of an organization depends on the quality of re- lationships between people working in small groups.